The Kite Runner: Struggles of Reality

They had money to pay for the guns that protected the child molester, but no money to provide food for those molested. A so called "leader" preached the words of God, punished women with the words of God and forbade everything he felt like with the words of God. And yet we find him contradicting his own actions and those words he so often preached, behind closed doors. And it is not that nobody knows, but the lack of power to do anything makes it nonnegotiable, when something is nonnegotiable, it is okay.

I have had the opportunity to watch "Kite Runners" tonight because of a friend's recommendation, and forever will I be grateful of this friend. If there is a law in Islam to ban kite flying, show me. How did things get so far? On what basis are the crazies making up rules? Crazy men, men who use their ego, for the wrong reasons end up creating societies where everybody suffers, especially society's minority: women and children. The social and living conditions in this movie were just that, a movie. Reality tells a very different story, where events like these happen everyday, anytime, to anyone and in much worse scenarios. If you are not following along the ride of the system, you're killed. 

Need I note this blog is not meant to critique Afghanistan's way of law, for that is something I will leave the people in that society to decide upon themselves. I am writing to call all those who contradict their words and expect everybody else to go along with their games. Contradicting Muslims, there's plenty of them; show me your shameful colors because I am tired of the bad rep you have given this religion. How could a religion so beautiful, so peaceful, be taken to extremes worse than the hell they warm believers about? Hypocritical pricks are those who practice what they object.

Rape and sex offenses are everywhere, statistics cannot show us the real damage because it happens far too often and reported much too little. It is a shameful act from the offender that leaves the offended hopeless and broken, but it also happens to leave them feeling in shame. Islam recognizes crimes and punishes wrongdoers for it. Personally, rape is worse than murder, because if you're killed then your dead. You don’t have to live with the consequences, you don’t have to live with yourself. The psychological struggle of living a normal life and emotional struggle of being able to love yourself again take years if ever to finally gain traction. 

It is important that we keep an open mind of this issue and be aware that laws are desperately needed to be enforced upon those who are disgusting enough to commit it, and protection upon those who it is done to. Sometimes creating the langue can be just as challenging as enforcing it. Some places simply don't have the laws to support abused victims, it is simply not viewed as a crime in the courts. This is the sad world women and children are forced to adhere to if there is no one championing for them. 

No one apologized for handing me a crappy piece so-called "world." No one told me "I'm sorry, Nour. Things got out of control and I cannot fix it." Were things always this out of control? If we all really want a world of peace and happiness, why don’t we have it yet? It seems we have all the resources, tools and answers, what is stopping us? A sin is theft. When you sin, you steal the right of something. Stop stealing. It is a crime, and if those so called religious extremists claim to follow Islamic law, then a rapist's punishment according to Islam is death. It mind-blowing how there are virtually no convictions of rape in the Middle East. Wow, men must be so good over there.

Islam Is not meant to be horrible, hurtful, or abusive. One of the main reasons of Islam's upbringing is to enforce women's rights in Arabia that were non existent before; I take some pride in this. 

Bribes, sexual offense, oppression and extremism among other crimes are all strongly forbidden in Islam, so kindly tell me why it’s the only thing many Muslims nowadays are known for? Corruption works on behalf of the con artist, so does forbidding the voices that speak of truth. But the patriarchy does not work for me. Do not turn around and tell me who I am nor become my voice. Why? Because it's the same boring old sounds, I want religion to genuinely celebrate diversity and respect. Remember, social construction is constantly changing, norms and customs do change over long periods of times, for better or worse. 

On an ending note, to be open minded is to be educated, tolerant and free of judgment. In contrast to the newer definition of open mind-ness (which is to wear mini skirts to parties and drink) to have an open mind is to be a student of life. Once we are able to connect with ourselves we can overcome our fear and become able connect with others. That is the true way to reach the furthest sufficiency of both religion and social construction. We want to provide the best for ourselves and future generations, and I bet extreme opinions of anything outside of science can only shift society backwards into a hole. Don't swallow the dirt, study the plants around you instead.